International Immunology, Vol. 11, No. 9, 1451-1462,
September 1999
© 1999 Japanese Society for Immunology
TCR-mediated activation of allergen-specific CD45RO+ memory T lymphocytes results in down-regulation of cell-surface CXCR4 expression and a strongly reduced capacity to migrate in response to stromal cell-derived factor-1
INSERM U454, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, 375 Avenue Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
1 Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606, Japan
Correspondence to: H. Yssel
The selective migration of functional Th lymphocyte subsets with different cytokine production profiles into inflamed tissue is likely to depend on the state of activation of the cells, as well as on the differential expression of various adhesion molecules and chemokine receptors. In this study, we have analyzed the effect of allergen-specific activation on the expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR4 on T lymphocytes. We show that stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells from atopic patients with the allergen Der p results in down-regulation of CXCR4 surface expression on Der p-activated CD25+CD45RO+ antigen-specific memory cells which was caused by a decrease in CXCR4 gene transcription and did not seem to be mediated by endogenous cytokines, such as IFN-
. In contrast, however, CXCR4 surface expression was enhanced on naive CD25–CD45RO– and resting CD25–CD45RO+ memory T cells, as a result of the presence of endogenous IL-4, most likely produced by Der p-activated memory T cells. Antigen-specific CD25+CD45RO+ T lymphocytes, purified 7 days after stimulation with Der p, had a strongly reduced capacity to migrate in response to stimulation with stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1, the ligand for CXCR4. Together, these results suggest that differential expression of CXCR4 on activated and resting T cells is due to the counteracting effects of TCR-mediated down-regulation and IL-4-mediated up-regulation of this chemokine receptor respectively, and furthermore indicate that antigen-activated memory T cells are unlikely to migrate into inflamed tissue in response to SDF-1.
Keywords: allergy, CD45RO, chemokine receptors, CXCR4, IL-4, stromal cell-derived factor, T cell activation
Transmitting editor: K.-i. Arai
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